Health Care Professionals

Access innovative, care-focused geriatrics education and training opportunities for health care professionals.

Continuing Education Modules

These free modules provide training on geriatric topics and evidence-based tools to advance health professions teamwork in the care of older adults. Topics include fall risk education, elder abuse, annual wellness visits, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Training in Alzheimer’s Disease

Texas Department of Health and Human Services Alzheimer’s Disease Program offers CME and quick courses related to screening, diagnosis, care coordination and referrals for primary care providers and affiliated health care professionals.

Project ECHO

Project ECHO is a lifelong learning and guided practice model that both revolutionizes medical education and exponentially increases workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities. The heart of the ECHO model™ is its hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing networks, led by expert teams who use multi-point videoconferencing to conduct virtual clinics with community providers. In this way, primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians learn to provide excellent specialty care to patients in their own communities.

ICARE

Infection Control Advocate and Resident Education (ICARE) provides online training curricula for nursing home residents, staff, family members, and advocates to promote best practice strategies for infection control while respecting resident rights.